2026 Programme
Zone 1: 1st round, Monday 9th February @ Huntly; 2nd round, Monday 16th February @ Cambridge; 3rd round, Tuesday 3rd March @ Horsham Downs; 4th round, Monday 9th March @ Tieke; 5th round, Monday 16th March @ Hukanui; 6th round, Monday 23rd March @ Hamilton; 7th round, Monday 13th April @ Ngaruawahia; 8th round, Monday 20th April @ Waikare. Note: Date changes for Ngaruawahia and Waikare rounds.
Zone 2: 1st round, Monday 2nd February @ Te Awamutu; 2nd round, Monday 16th February @ Te Kowhai; 3rd round, Monday 2nd March @ Waitomo; 4th round, Monday 9th March @ Raglan; 5th round, Friday 20th March @ Pirongia; 6th round, Friday 10th April @ Ngahinepouri; 7th round, Friday 24th April @ Stewart Alexander. Note: Change of date for Ngahinepouri round – weather postponement.
Zone 3: 1st round, Monday 2nd February @ Thames; 2nd round, Monday 23rd February @ Te Aroha; 3rd round, Friday 6th March @ Tahuna; 4th round, Friday 20th March @ Waihi; 5th round, Monday 30th March @ Hauraki; 6th round, Monday 13th April @ Paeroa.
Zone 4: 1st round, Monday 16th February @ Tirau; 2nd round, Monday 23rd February @ Morrinsville; 3rd round, Wednesday 18th March @ Tokoroa; 4th round, Monday 30th March @ Matamata; 5th round, Thursday 9th April @ Putaruru; 6th round, Thursday 16th April @ Walton; 7th round, Tuesday 28th April @ Okoroire. Note: Second change for Putaruru round – weather postponement.
Zone 5: 1st round, Monday 16th February @ Whangamata; 2nd round, Monday 23rd February @ Tairua; 3rd round, Monday 2nd March @ Purangi; 4th round, Monday 16th March @ Pauanui; 5th round, Monday 23rd March @ Mercury Bay; 6th round, Monday 13th April @ The Dunes Matarangi.
| Year | Winners |
| 2008 | Te Kowhai |
| 2009 | Lochiel |
| 2010 | Te Kowhai |
| 2011 | Paeroa |
| 2012 | Tirau |
| 2013 | Te Kowhai |
| 2014 | Waitomo |
| 2015 | Waitomo |
| 2016 | Waitomo |
| 2017 | Waihi |
| 2018 | Hukanui |
| 2019 | Thames Pub Charity |
| 2020 | Tahuna |
| 2021 | Waihi Nuggets |
| 2022 | Purangi |
| 2023 | Hukanui Champions |
| 2024 | Matamata Champions |
| 2025 | Tairua Champions |
Golf – Craigs Investment Partners Pennants Final
Front row – left to right: – Ken Edwards, Warwick Rogers, Rod Reid, Glen Farrell, Guy Millar, Brian Cole. Back row – left to right: – Brent Manssen, Ross Calder, Brian Goodwin (Vets’ President), Nick Bartels (Craig Investment Partners) Steve Habershon, John Fraser.
Waikato Vets Pennants is made up of five zones from Coromandel in the north to Raglan, Waitomo and Tokoroa covering the whole of the Waikato region. The competition is played during February, March and April, each club hosting a round with the two top teams from each zone qualifying for the final. From Zone 5, the two qualifiers were Purangi and Tairua.
The final is a net competition with all players’ scores counting. Six of Tairua’s players went to Huntly for a practice last Tuesday which was a great help in having a look at a new and very long course. On Monday, we arrived to a very crowded Huntly Golf Club, chilly but fine. Teams were playing in fours made up of two pairs from different zones starting at 10.00am. It was a bit daunting watching some of the others tee off as they seemed to hit huge straight drives. We had no thoughts of winning; in fact we thought that 4th or 5th would be pretty good providing we beat Purangi. Our tee times ranged from 10.15 -11.00am so we really had no idea how our team was going other than our own pair. When the scores started going up Tairua had a 66,67,71. By then there was a “Tairua” buzz around the clubhouse, these scores were then followed by 73 and two 74s. Much to our delight, Tairua won by seven shots from Cambridge. The trophy has never been won by Tairua and as a very small club we are very proud to have punched above our weight against some very big clubs. The winning team was Warwick Rogers, Ross Calder, Brent Manssen, Brian Cole, John Fraser and Ken Edwards. On the way to the final others to make up the team were George Chaffey, Ross Reid, Ray Russell, Guy Millar, Tony Anderson, Steve Habershon and Glen Farrell. Obviously the beer tasted very good!
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Pennants – Zone 1 – 2026 |
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| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total | Position | ||
| Venue | Huntly | Cambridge | Horsham Downs | Tieke | Hukanui | Hamilton | Ngaruawahia | Waikare | |||
| Date | Mon 9/2 | Mon 16/2 | Tue 3/3 | Mon 9/3 | Mon 16/3 | Mon 23/3 | Mon 13/4 | Mon 20/4 | |||
| Cambridge 36s | 348 | 377 | 360 | 381 | 371 | 371 | Cambridge 36s 2208 | 2 | |||
| Cambridge Aces | 366 | 365 | 360 | 396 | 374 | 381 | Cambridge Aces 2242 | 4 | |||
| Hamilton | 367 | 397 | 369 | 378 | 368 | 358 | Hamilton 2237 | 3 | |||
| Horsham Downs | 361 | 395 | 351 | 410 | 362 | 383 | Horsham Downs 2262 | 7 | |||
| Hukanui | 345 | 397 | 374 | 397 | 357 | 381 | Hukanui 2251 | 6 | |||
| Huntly/Waiterimu | 349 | 404 | 369 | 413 | 357 | 396 | Huntly/Waiterimu 2288 | 8 | |||
| Ngaruawahia | 373 | 393 | 378 | 393 | 382 | 392 | Ngaruawahia 2311 | 9 | |||
| Tieke | 358 | 372 | 356 | 355 | 375 | 369 | Tieke 2185 | 1 | |||
| Waikare | 365 | 387 | 354 | 395 | 359 | 388 | Waikare 2248 | 5 | |||
| Pennants – Zone 2 – 2026 | |||||||||||
| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total | Position | |||
| Venue | Te Awamutu | Te Kowhai | Waitomo | Raglan | Pirongia | Ngahinepouri | Stewart Alexander | ||||
| Date | Mon 2/2 | Mon 16/2 | Mon 2/3 | Mon 9/3 | Fri 20/3 | Fri 10/4 | Fri 24/4 | ||||
| Ngahinepouri | 382 | 368 | 381 | 360 | 350 | Ngahinepouri 1841 | 4 | ||||
| Pirongia | 401 | 388 | 385 | 357 | 344 | Pirongia 1875 | 7 | ||||
| Raglan | 398 | 371 | 383 | 347 | 366 | Raglan 1865 | 5 | ||||
| Stewart Alexander | 372 | 367 | 362 | 348 | 361 | Stewart Alexander 1810 | 2 | ||||
| Te Awamutu | 367 | 371 | 364 | 346 | 342 | Te Awamutu 1790 | 1 | ||||
| Te Kowhai | 372 | 351 | 374 | 384 | 338 | Te Kowhai 1819 | 3 | ||||
| Waitomo | 391 | 380 | 368 | 374 | 360 | Waitomo 1873 | 6 | ||||
| Pennants – Zone 3 – 2026 | |||||||||||
| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | Position | ||||
| Venue | Thames | Te Aroha | Tahuna | Waihi | Hauraki | Paeroa | |||||
| Date | Mon 2/2 | Mon 23/2 | Fri 6/3 | Fri 20/3 | Mon 30/3 | Mon 13/4 | |||||
| Hauraki | 371 | 373 | 374 | 375 | Hauraki 1493 | 8 | |||||
| Paeroa Dreamers | 374 | 368 | 349 | 370 | Paeroa Dreamers 1461 | 3 | |||||
| Paeroa Pirates | 357 | 368 | 359 | 367 | Paeroa Pirates 1451 | 2 | |||||
| Tahuna Rams | 357 | 359 | 333 | 386 | Tahuna Rams 1435 | 1 | |||||
| Tahuna Teasers | 359 | 378 | 341 | 396 | Tahuna Teasers 1474 | 5 | |||||
| Te Aroha | 386 | 377 | 356 | 403 | Te Aroha 1522 | 10 | |||||
| Thames | 357 | 363 | 353 | 390 | Thames 1463 | 4 | |||||
| Waihi Ingots | 368 | 390 | 373 | 370 | Waihi Ingots 1501 | 9 | |||||
| Waihi Nuggets | 380 | 359 | 369 | 369 | Waihi Nuggets 1477 | 6 | |||||
| Waihi Quartz | 380 | 371 | 352 | 377 | Waihi Quartz 1480 | 7 | |||||
| Pennants – Zone 4 – 2026 |
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| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total | Position | ||||
| Venue | Tirau | Morrinsville | Tokoroa | Matamata | Putaruru | Walton | Okoroire | |||||
| Date | Mon 16/2 | Mon 23/2 | Wed 18/3 | Mon 30/3 | Thu 9/4 | Thu 16/4 | Tue 28/4 | |||||
| Matamata Kaimai | 356 | 357 | 374 | Matamata Kaimai 1087 | 7 | |||||||
| Matamata Waihou | 356 | 351 | 365 | Matamata Waihou 1072 | 5 | |||||||
| Morrinsville | 364 | 349 | 382 | Morrinsville 1095 | 8 | |||||||
| Okoroire | 374 | 331 | 369 | Okoroire 1074 | 6 | |||||||
| Putaruru | 356 | 356 | 396 | Putaruru 1108 | 9 | |||||||
| Tirau | 344 | 358 | 369 | Tirau 1071 | 4 | |||||||
| Tokoroa | 366 | 344 | 358 | Tokoroa 1068 | 3 | |||||||
| Walton Kauri | 348 | 338 | 363 | Walton Kauri 1049 | 1 | |||||||
| Walton Rimu | 345 | 352 | 358 | Walton Rimu 1055 | 2 | |||||||
| Pennants – Zone 5 – 2026 | |||||||||||
| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | Position | ||||
| Venue | Whangamata | Tairua | Purangi | Pauanui | Mercury Bay | The Dunes Matarangi | |||||
| Date | Mon 16/2 | Mon 23/2 | Mon 2/3 | Mon 16/3 | Mon 23/3 | Mon 13/4 | |||||
| Mercury Bay Eels | 369 | 403 | 373 | 304 | 364 | Mercury Bay Eels 1813 | 3 | ||||
| Mercury Bay Marlins | 366 | 400 | 386 | 317 | 373 | Mercury Bay Marlins 1842 | 6 | ||||
| Mercury Bay Makos | 382 | 402 | 385 | 314 | 368 | Mercury Bay Makos 1851 | 7 | ||||
| Pauanui | 398 | 421 | 410 | 327 | 391 | Pauanui 1947 | 10 | ||||
| Purangi | 363 | 387 | 360 | 289 | 383 | Purangi 1782 | 2 | ||||
| Tairua | 361 | 374 | 370 | 295 | 359 | Tairua 1759 | 1 | ||||
| The Dunes Mulligans | 369 | 389 | 373 | 306 | 384 | The Dunes Mulligans 1821 | 4 | ||||
| The Dunes Liv | 378 | 390 | 401 | 312 | 385 | The Dunes Liv 1866 | 9 | ||||
| Whangamata Titoki | 369 | 389 | 377 | 323 | 383 | Whangamata Titoki 1841 | 5 | ||||
| Whangamata Williamson | 364 | 391 | 397 | 319 | 387 | Whangamata Williamson 1858 | 8 | ||||
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